High paying sales jobs in Maryland

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Maryland. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single sales job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Maryland run 5.0% above the national average (2024), so a Maryland salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Maryland.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Maryland · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$95,040
Bachelor's degree
$47,200 – $198,7306,330
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$82,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,360 – $149,1703,050
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$73,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,170 – $135,1609,070
4Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$63,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $132,05021,580
5Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$61,660
Bachelor's degree
$50,300 – $133,2008,420
6Advertising Sales Agents$59,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,130 – $137,590880
7Insurance Sales Agents$58,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,050 – $133,1605,700
8Real Estate Sales Agents$52,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $99,9902,940
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $74,61023,080
10Parts Salespersons$42,460
No formal educational credential
$32,760 – $63,6804,370
11Counter and Rental Clerks$39,490
No formal educational credential
$33,080 – $71,7304,060
12Retail Salespersons$35,510
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,13079,320
13Cashiers$34,390
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $39,77049,910

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianMaryland	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$95,040	$47,200 – $198,730	6,330
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,620	$49,360 – $149,170	3,050
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,080	$44,170 – $135,160	9,070
4	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,310	$35,410 – $132,050	21,580
5	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$61,660	$50,300 – $133,200	8,420
6	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,830	$43,130 – $137,590	880
7	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,300	$39,050 – $133,160	5,700
8	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,630	$37,370 – $99,990	2,940
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,000	$36,990 – $74,610	23,080
10	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$42,460	$32,760 – $63,680	4,370
11	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$39,490	$33,080 – $71,730	4,060
12	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$35,510	$31,200 – $46,130	79,320
13	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$34,390	$31,200 – $39,770	49,910

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Maryland. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Maryland to rank honestly.

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